Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biobrick

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bio-brick
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A length of DNA sequence used, with others, to build synthetic biological circuits

Example Sentences

"During amplification, the internal EcoRI restriction site in merA was mutated in order to create a mer cassette compatible with the biobrick cloning system and the vector pBBRBB (see Materials and Methods ) [27 ]."

Etymology

From bio- + brick.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Inflected Forms

biobricks (plural)

Questions

What does biobrick mean?: A length of DNA sequence used, with others, to build synthetic biological circuits
Where does biobrick come from?: From bio- + brick.

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